Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/06

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Subject: [Leica] LR catalog import - help
From: john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 00:09:23 +0000

Thanks for everybody's input, I had had it imported properly and then lost 
it somehow (joy of jet-lag). I am at a loss as to how LR cannot be made to 
overwrite the existing photos if wanted, I can see what happened to me as 
being a large mess on occasions..... 

I went back to an August backup (I was away all September) and the import 
worked fine which it had not done on my Oct 5th backup. Far less work to add 
the last couple of days in August and October photos again!

john

-----Original Message-----
From: John McMaster 
Sent: Saturday, 6 October 2012 5:29 p.m.
To: 'Leica Users Group'
Subject: LR catalog import - help

I was using LR 4.1 on a laptop when I was away and trying to import it to my 
workstation (LR 4.1) - not done this before.

I exported on laptop, then moved the files where I wanted on workstation and 
imported the catalog. That seemed to work, I then deleted the .lrcat and 
.lrdata files.....it seems that they are needed to keep the imported 
settings! Even if I put the same files back it does not work, I want some 
edits plus keywords from the laptop.

Whenever I try and import the catalog I get that the original negative is 
missing, I am unable to choose to import even the metadata from these 
images. I have deleted all the photos and tried starting again from a backup 
.lrcat but am not sure what is stored where...

Screengrab of what I get - 
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Chiaroscuro/Misc/Screen+Shot+2012-10-06+at+5_15_40+PM.jpg.html

I can import the photos no problem, but want the exported catalog as it has 
keywords - any ideas?

Thanks

john



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